"So the idea came up to have the Desperate Housewives plane be Oceanic."

The plot of Lost centres around the passengers of a fictional Oceanic Airlines flight that crashes in the South Pacific.
Desperate Housewives creator Marc Cherry said the Wisteria Lane crash will "affect everyone's lives" on the show.

"It's going to be my cliffhanger for the first half of the season," he said.

Although Cherry initially denied the crash would cause any deaths on the show, the Daily Mail reports that he has had a change of heart.

The newspaper claims several characters will die in the crash, including one who is said to be a "fan favourite".

Several photographs have emerged purporting to be of Wisteria Lane post-plane crash, however they appear to actually be shots from the nearby War of the Worlds set at Universal Studios.

It is not clear whether the show's producers will be using the War of the Worlds set for the episode.